As the sun gradually rose, the Ming army once again came out of camp to form an array. The Tanma Rangers galloped around the city, scouting the movements of the Qing army and guarding against their attacks out of the city.

Yuan Zongdi and others climbed to a high place, looked around with binoculars, and assessed the progress of the construction day and night yesterday.

"Today we can fill up the moat and dig a hole for drainage." Yuan Zongdi seemed quite satisfied. He handed the binoculars to Hao Yaoqi and said with a smile: "Mr. Huang sneaked into the city last night and shot to death and wounded three people.

Qing soldiers."

Oh?! Hao Yaoqi looked surprised and said: "I didn't expect Mr. Huang to have such a magic shooting skill. I have never heard of it before."

Yuan Zongdi said with a smile: "Mr. Huang learned the art of archery for only half a month. He was taught by Li Yue, the son of Duke Lin. The hard bow and iron arrows he used were also given by Li Yue."

Li Yue couldn't hold it back and showed off to Yuan Dongbao, Liu Xiang and others behind Huang Li's back.

"You can become a marksman in half a month. Mr. Huang's understanding is really extraordinary." Ta Tianbao sighed: "You can also use a hard bow, and your strength is amazing."

You know, in ancient times, training a qualified archer took as little as one year and as many as several years.

It is precisely because the training period is too long that although muskets are inferior to bows and arrows in terms of performance and power in the early stage, bows and arrows are gradually being eliminated because they can destroy troops in a short time.

Therefore, Huang Li only practiced bow and arrow for half a month at most, and he was able to kill enemies from a long distance, which would definitely shock and amaze everyone.

"Very brave and even smarter. An ordinary person would never be able to produce such an outstanding person."

Hao Yaoqi handed the telescope to Ta Tianbao and said in a deep voice: "If we can capture Yiling, then Mr. Huang will be sent down from heaven to resume the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty."

Ta Tianbao nodded repeatedly, couldn't wait to raise his telescope, and looked around to observe the situation below the city.

The drums and trumpets sounded, and the civilians who had been working during the day yesterday began construction again. The Qing troops on the city shot a canopy of arrows to hinder the opponent's actions.

"Let go!" Li Yue waved his arm hard, and a soldier immediately swung a hammer and smashed the iron hook. The weight box fell quickly, and his long arm waved, driving the ammunition bag, and threw more than ten stones violently.

Fly towards the city.

The stones clattered against the city wall, throwing up dust and powder, and then fell again.

"There are still a few meters away from the crenel." Huang Li observed the impact point and did not immediately issue a warning, but waited for Li Yue to make his own judgment.

Li Yue blinked his eyes, made his own analysis and judgment, and ordered the soldiers: "Add another fifty kilograms to the counterweight box, and the number of stone bullets will remain unchanged."

The two soldiers turned the winch, tightened the rope, and pulled down the short-arm weight box. After fixing it with an iron hook, the two soldiers filled the weight box with another bag of sand.

Huang Li concentrated on performing the exercises, and then nodded with a smile. This affirmed and encouraged Li Yue, who cast an inquiring look, and greatly increased his confidence.

The Qing troops on the city also noticed that they were being counterattacked by their opponents. They made a fuss for a while, launched their artillery, and aimed at the circular position.

Another advantage of the trebuchet is that it is relatively simple to operate and its firing speed is much faster than that of artillery.

The adjusted trebuchet was fired again, and the stones flew up to the top of the city in an arc. Most of them passed over the crenellations, and two of them hit the city wall, stirring up debris.

The stones were carefully selected, weighing about two or three kilograms, and were thrown more than ten at a time. If they really hit the head or body, minor injuries would be inevitable. Hitting a vital part and killing the dog would not be an accident.

Obviously, the Qing soldiers on the city were not sufficiently vigilant and prepared, and a few unlucky guys were hit, screaming and screaming in pain.

More trebuchets began to fire, and the stones became denser and denser, hitting the city walls and crenellations with a crackling sound, and there were even screams and screams from the Qing soldiers who hit them.

"Boom!" The artillery on the city roared. The shells arced over the forts and hit the ground. They only bounced once before crashing into the mountains of earth and no longer moving forward.

"Boom, boom!" Another artillery spit out fire and white smoke. The shell hit the fort, smashed the sandbags, stirred up a piece of sand, and exhausted its kinetic energy.

The stones flew up into the air again, like a flock of birds flying in the sky, and headed towards the city as if they had seen food.

In the counterattack of this stone, a cold arrow shot out quickly, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, miraculously flying in from the crenel, and hitting a Qing general in the face.

Screaming, he took two steps back and fell to the ground with his face covered in blood. He covered his face and rolled and screamed in pain.

Here we go again! This archer is really amazing. He can still shoot at the top of the city from such a long distance.

Mu Shenghui was so frightened that he quickly shrank his head, not daring to be exposed easily, for fear of ending up in the same fate.

Another arrow shot in from the crenellations of the female wall. A Qing soldier who was holding a torch to fire the cannon fell down, and the arrow cluster at his throat trembled.

Huang Li finished shooting his arrows, picked up his bow and arrows, and ran to the next artillery base under the cover of the carriage pushed by the guards.

Arrows continued to shoot, hitting the carriage with a clanking sound. Huang Li concentrated on it, his face serious.

Suddenly, he reached out and pulled Yuan Dongbao, who was bending down to push the cart. The moment he paused, two arrows grazed Yuan Dongbao's body and hit the ground.

Yuan Dongbao still didn't know that Huang Li saved him from being injured. He smiled naively and continued to push the cart.

The carriage was still more than ten meters away from the fort when a strange smell wafted over, causing everyone to frown.

Liu Xiang, who said he had to prepare well, was behind the artillery base. After seeing the successful test firing, he was urging two soldiers to put several cans into the ammunition bags.

Seeing the soldier's tight nose and frown, everyone behind the fort also discovered that the smell came from a few jars on the ground.

"This, this is feces and urine?!" Huang Li covered his nose and looked at Liu Xiang with a frown. Without asking, he understood this guy's damaging move.

Throwing feces and urine is very similar to the style of scoundrels and shrews. The Duke of Anhui is so brave and resourceful, how could he raise such a son? He is really bad!

Liu Xiang smiled mischievously and showed everyone his masterpiece and his fantastic ideas.

"I'm not afraid of being dirty or tired. I got a few jars of shit and urine and threw them all into the city." Liu Xiang explained with joy and dance: "Xun also smoked these bastards to death."

Everyone looked at Liu Xiang with strange expressions, covering their noses, frowning, and rolling their eyes. No one praised or praised him.

"It seems that this trick was used when besieging the Japanese artillery towers during the Anti-Japanese War." Huang Li recalled, "It must be that in the middle of the summer, cats and dogs were thrown to death, and the Japanese were smoked away."

Liu Xiang's enthusiasm was extinguished by everyone's indifference and disgust. It wasn't until Huang Li spoke that his dim eyes became bright again.
Chapter completed!